Import/export HS code 4203: Leather clothing and accessories

Clothing and accessories made from leather or imitation leather, such as jackets, gloves, and belts

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Italy 100,414,792
France 62,929,177
India 49,368,394
Pakistan 43,849,363
China 32,900,026

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Italy 48,268,252 52,146,540 +3,878,288
France 32,310,610 30,618,567 -1,692,043
India 20,809,845 28,558,549 +7,748,704
Pakistan 21,930,126 21,919,237 -10,889
China 16,969,932 15,930,094 -1,039,838
Spain 8,536,723 9,636,599 +1,099,876
Germany 8,563,013 8,939,998 +376,985
Netherlands 6,524,293 7,061,767 +537,474
United States 5,041,378 4,984,357 -57,021
Indonesia 2,759,952 4,055,856 +1,295,904

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Italy 117,542,796
India 72,263,136
Pakistan 49,429,591
China 47,452,903
France 19,520,350

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Italy 56,998,272 60,544,524 +3,546,252
India 32,066,083 40,197,053 +8,130,970
Pakistan 24,413,735 25,015,856 +602,121
China 23,598,756 23,854,147 +255,391
France 10,812,960 8,707,390 -2,105,570
Turkey 8,037,450 9,139,439 +1,101,989
Spain 8,066,454 7,846,881 -219,573
Indonesia 5,260,777 6,422,086 +1,161,309
Viet Nam 4,517,162 6,171,721 +1,654,559
Romania 3,624,426 2,268,988 -1,355,438

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 319
Inner London - East 122
Greater Manchester 75
West Midlands 69
Surrey, East and West Sussex 67

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Inner London - West 233 261 +28
Inner London - East 84 92 +8
Greater Manchester 58 45 -13
West Midlands 55 41 -14
Surrey, East and West Sussex 47 48 +1
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 51 39 -12
Outer London - West and North West 45 38 -7
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 41 32 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 32 +3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 30 20 -10

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 150,016,818
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 136,332,559
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 98,090,358
Other 20,792,231
Road transport 2,907,759

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 70,450,042 79,566,776 +9,116,734
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,971,350 67,361,209 -1,610,141
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 40,653,926 57,436,432 +16,782,506
Other 16,797,851 3,994,380 -12,803,471
Road transport 1,367,060 1,540,699 +173,639

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 79,945,258
Eurotunnel 45,692,856
Dover / Eurotunnel 41,976,181
Felixstowe 35,171,627
Dover 32,339,520

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Heathrow Airport 39,487,818 40,457,440 +969,622
Eurotunnel 22,213,897 23,478,959 +1,265,062
Dover / Eurotunnel 19,722,439 22,253,742 +2,531,303
Felixstowe 20,408,966 14,762,661 -5,646,305
Dover 18,112,048 14,227,472 -3,884,576
East Midlands Airport 12,271,863 14,542,158 +2,270,295
499 471,446 20,657,904 +20,186,458
000 16,797,851 3,994,380 -12,803,471
Southampton 8,149,547 9,365,174 +1,215,627
London Stansted Airport 6,575,190 10,153,269 +3,578,079

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
719
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
456
Manufacture of wearing apparel
76
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
69
Other manufacturing
51

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 306
2026-04 290
2026-03 316
2026-02 337
2026-01 323

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 640
54m+ 327
0-1m 273
15m-54m 133
Other 120

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
United States 21,738,606
France 20,930,811
Italy 20,906,023
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 10,743,641
Germany 8,368,507

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
United States 11,246,252 10,492,354 -753,898
France 10,435,569 10,495,242 +59,673
Italy 9,778,429 11,127,594 +1,349,165
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,704,335 5,039,306 -665,029
Germany 3,690,512 4,677,995 +987,483
Japan 4,477,518 3,652,472 -825,046
Netherlands 4,342,478 3,388,762 -953,716
Ireland 2,758,027 2,653,584 -104,443
China, Macao Special Administrative Region 1,893,744 1,576,591 -317,153
South Korea 2,170,274 1,232,181 -938,093

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
India 696,643
China 564,777
Italy 294,762
Czechia 220,539
Pakistan 140,953

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
India 288,114 408,529 +120,415
China 240,055 324,722 +84,667
Italy 152,323 142,439 -9,884
Czechia 69,990 150,549 +80,559
Pakistan 64,097 76,856 +12,759
Ireland 1,305 44,721 +43,416
Turkey 20,223 16,131 -4,092
XI 6,747 14,841 +8,094
American Samoa 9,091 8,117 -974
Spain 2,910 14,184 +11,274

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 93,523,392
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 49,109,631
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,138,705
Other 2,594,764
Road transport 3,828

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 49,050,842 44,472,550 -4,578,292
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 24,252,928 24,856,703 +603,775
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,965,509 3,173,196 +207,687
Other 1,179,961 1,414,803 +234,842
Road transport 3,828 0 -3,828

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
East Midlands Airport 40,888,667
Dover / Eurotunnel 37,487,931
London Heathrow Airport 33,186,262
London Stansted Airport 9,731,040
ZLC 7,784,391

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
East Midlands Airport 24,560,862 16,327,805 -8,233,057
Dover / Eurotunnel 18,151,255 19,336,676 +1,185,421
London Heathrow Airport 14,815,421 18,370,841 +3,555,420
London Stansted Airport 4,825,582 4,905,458 +79,876
ZLC 4,046,995 3,737,396 -309,599
Dover 3,068,515 3,225,971 +157,456
000 1,179,961 1,414,803 +234,842
Felixstowe 823,244 1,132,725 +309,481
Eurotunnel 925,089 654,386 -270,703
Southampton 883,776 613,769 -270,007

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 4203

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Clothing and accessories made from leather or imitation leather, such as jackets, gloves, and belts